The Justice Minister's won the confidence of the Dáil in a vote tonight.
Alan Shatter won out by 88 votes to 45.
During the debate, Independent TD Mick Wallace re-iterated his call for a full independent inquiry into the penalty points issue.
There was strong criticism of Minister Shatter from the Opposition, while Fine Gael and Labour rallied behind him.
Among them, Junior Minister Kathleen Lynch:
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It's emerged tonight that Minister Shatter will face a second complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner.
Already a complaint was made by Deputy Mick Wallace over the release of information about him on a TV show.
And Deputy Luke Ming Flanagan says he's making a complaint too:
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Last night, in his contribution to the debate, the embattled Justice Minister insisted he had done nothing wrong.
Mr Shatter said there was a clear aim to "insinuate" that the reason he was unable to complete the breath test was nothing to do with his asthma, but because he was over the limit.
And he said while people could accuse him of being many things, abusing alcohol or drink driving were not things he could be accused of.
